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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi OP 27 Oct 2024 \ parent \ on: @Solomonsatoshi's bio
Yes Darthcoin I do not want to completely dismantle the state but I do want us all to be able to be as free from state impositions- just that it seems doubtful most people are ready to be that self reliant and actually not all things the state provides are always bad. Its a reality of human nature that we are generally quite weak as individuals and much stronger in groups- and while human groups can come to manifest great evil and suffering they do not always- nation states being groups of humans are currently the strongest in the competition for resources and until we learn other ways of working together I don't see the nation state dying quite yet...even though Bitcoin does give us the chance of more individual monetary sovereignty. How would you feel about not having any community to belong to or support and be part of? SN is in a sense a community in cyberspace as opposed to geographical but imo all communities including nation states are the sum of their individual parts and sometimes more...so I'm not quitting yet on the nation state and not either believing we can completely do without it. Its not all bad or all good- just what we make it together. Good luck in a life without any state or community- living alone without others is not easy- just try going on 'Alone' and see how long you last!
try rejecting the "-ist" rather than acknowledging the label
e.g. "I'm not a statist, I'm an oblomovist! my preferred political philosophy is oblomovism, as brilliantly explained by oblomov in the book oblomov" (I'm making fun of oblomov's unsympathetic historical context, not of his family and followers; they're all good serious people)
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Dont feel any need to reject the label as I do not see it as a negative thing to acknowledge the state is still an important and highly functional means of human organisation which though flawed, just as people themselves are, achieves considerable net gains for billions of people.
Do find it amusing how Libertarians are actually demonstrably so tribal and unaware of their hypocrisy, ganging up on any opposing viewpoint rather than engaging in respectful reasoned debate which would be a minimum requirement for human interaction were there not a state and it was hoped/expected to avoid complete chaos and tyranny.
You are assuming humans are evolved far beyond where they actually are, and your inability to engage in respectful reasoned dialogue and debate are proof of that.
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You are assuming humans are evolved far beyond where they actually are, and your inability to engage in respectful reasoned dialogue and debate are proof of that.
You're guessing my interpretations of human morality and evolution from, what, fifty kilobytes of text rambled out in the weird hours of a life you probably don't know much about?
That one line of yours has won you my personal derision, and I should probably save up the efforts to have respectful dialogue with people who don't think their telepathy works as well as yours apparently tells you.
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